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1. Almost as soon as it began former baseball star Roger Clemens's perjury¹ trial ended Thursday. In a mistrial, the judge blamed on prosecutors² and said a "first-year law student" would have known to avoid. The question of a new trial is still up in the air.

2. As the debt debate continues in Washington, Treasury³ Secretary Timothy Geithner says he's looked at all the options and that there is no way to give Congress more time to solve the debt limit problem. Lawmakers is facing Aug.2nd deadline.

3. In an abrupt⁴ about-face, Rupert Murdoch and his son James now say they will meet with British lawmakers investigating phone hacking⁵ and bribery⁶ by employees of their newspaper empire. They initially⁷ turned down a request to appear before Parliament next Tuesday. But after lawmakers took the dramatic step of issuing a summons, the Murdochs agreed to appear.

4. And with a military honor guard carrying her casket, the final memorial service was held for Betty Ford⁸ in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The former first lady will be buried next to her husband.

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1 perjury
n.伪证；伪证罪
参考例句：
You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。 She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。

2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 treasury
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。 This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

4 abrupt
adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的
参考例句：
The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。 His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

5 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。 We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

6 bribery
n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿
参考例句：
FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。 He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

7 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 Ford
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。 If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。